Another offering of vintage East German pictures gives us all the pieces of a cinematic puzzle: Heiner Carow’s 1968 memory- movie of traumatic experiences in WW2 displeased the Communist authorities and was shelved… only to be cannibalized as a back-story for a new 1970 release aimed as a dig at West German values. It’s a fascinating comparison — an ideologically-challenged art film becomes a piece of well-produced propaganda.
The Russians Are Coming & Career
DVD
Defa Film Library
B&W / 2:35 widescreen / Street Date April, 2017 / available through Defa Film Library /
Cinematography: Jürgen Brauer
Film Editor: Evelyn Carow
Original Music: Peter Gotthardt, Dietrich Kittner
Written by Heiner Carow, Herman Herlinghaus, Claus Küchenmeister inspired by the short story Die Anzeige by Egon Richter
Produced by Defa
Directed by Heiner Carow
Defa, or Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft was the film producing arm of the former Communist East German regime, that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Russians Are Coming & Career
DVD
Defa Film Library
B&W / 2:35 widescreen / Street Date April, 2017 / available through Defa Film Library /
Cinematography: Jürgen Brauer
Film Editor: Evelyn Carow
Original Music: Peter Gotthardt, Dietrich Kittner
Written by Heiner Carow, Herman Herlinghaus, Claus Küchenmeister inspired by the short story Die Anzeige by Egon Richter
Produced by Defa
Directed by Heiner Carow
Defa, or Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft was the film producing arm of the former Communist East German regime, that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- 4/4/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Louisa Mellor Nov 24, 2016
As Starz gears up for a Party Down Thanksgiving marathon in the Us, we reminisce about the cult comedy with actor Martin Starr…
As far as I can glean from the covers of the glossy magazines I regularly reach past en route to a bag of Haribo Tangfastics, party season is upon us. For many, the coming month will be filled with chic get-togethers and boozy shindigs celebrating the unlikely and continued survival of our species through the harsh climes of winter (or, whatever, Christmas).
See related Yonderland: saluting a brilliant fantasy comedy Yonderland series 3 episode 6 review: Swapsies Yonderland series 3 episode 5 review: The Negatus Redemption Yonderland series 3 episode 4 review: Boo
If you find yourself at such an event, spare a thought for the anonymous arm proffering trays of salmon vol-au-vents and mini pizzas. That arm belongs to a person, someone with hopes and dreams that very possibly...
As Starz gears up for a Party Down Thanksgiving marathon in the Us, we reminisce about the cult comedy with actor Martin Starr…
As far as I can glean from the covers of the glossy magazines I regularly reach past en route to a bag of Haribo Tangfastics, party season is upon us. For many, the coming month will be filled with chic get-togethers and boozy shindigs celebrating the unlikely and continued survival of our species through the harsh climes of winter (or, whatever, Christmas).
See related Yonderland: saluting a brilliant fantasy comedy Yonderland series 3 episode 6 review: Swapsies Yonderland series 3 episode 5 review: The Negatus Redemption Yonderland series 3 episode 4 review: Boo
If you find yourself at such an event, spare a thought for the anonymous arm proffering trays of salmon vol-au-vents and mini pizzas. That arm belongs to a person, someone with hopes and dreams that very possibly...
- 11/23/2016
- Den of Geek
Brendon Connelly Oct 21, 2016
Director Mike Flanagan chats to us about making a sequel to Ouija, and those Halloween rumours...
Many horror fans were unsurprised but unattracted by the prospect of a sequel to Ouija... until it was announced who would be writing and directing. Mike Flanagan has very quickly become a bit of a star in the horror world, and deservedly so. His films are brilliantly well-made, his ideas are complex, and he's got great storytelling instincts.
And, for what it's worth, his Ouija sequel is actually a prequel, being set in the late 60s. But it's not just your typical period piece where a setting in time is evoked through costume, production design, music and, if you're lucky, the cinematography. Flanagan took one wild step beyond with his movie, and I started by asking him about this when we talked last week.
Tell me if I'm mad. I saw this film digitally but.
Director Mike Flanagan chats to us about making a sequel to Ouija, and those Halloween rumours...
Many horror fans were unsurprised but unattracted by the prospect of a sequel to Ouija... until it was announced who would be writing and directing. Mike Flanagan has very quickly become a bit of a star in the horror world, and deservedly so. His films are brilliantly well-made, his ideas are complex, and he's got great storytelling instincts.
And, for what it's worth, his Ouija sequel is actually a prequel, being set in the late 60s. But it's not just your typical period piece where a setting in time is evoked through costume, production design, music and, if you're lucky, the cinematography. Flanagan took one wild step beyond with his movie, and I started by asking him about this when we talked last week.
Tell me if I'm mad. I saw this film digitally but.
- 10/16/2016
- Den of Geek
Into the InfernoThe lineup for the 2016 Telluride Film Festival (September 2nd - 5th) have been announced:Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, Us)The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (Errol Morris, Us)Bleed For This (Ben Younger, Us)California Typewriter (Doug Nichol, Us)Chasing Trane (John Scheinfeld, Us)The End of Eden (Angus Macqueen, UK)Finding Oscar (Ryan Suffern, Us)Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy/France)Frantz (François Ozon, France)Gentleman Rissient (Benoît Jacquot, Pascal Mérigeau, Guy Seligmann, France)Graduation (Cristian Mungiu, Romania/France/Belgium)Into the Inferno (Werner Herzog, UK/Austria)The Ivory Game (Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani, Austria/Us)La La Land (Damien Chazelle, Us)Lost in Paris (d. Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, France/Belgium)Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, Us)Maudie (Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland)Men: A Love Story (Mimi Chakarova, Us)Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Us)My Journey through French Cinema (Bertrand Tavernier, France)Neruda (Pablo Larraín,...
- 9/1/2016
- MUBI
On the Return to Montauk set with Volker Schlöndorff, Nina Hoss (his Barefoot Contessa), and Bronagh Gallagher at Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Konrad Wolf’s I Was Nineteen (Ich War Neunzehn) co-written with Wolfgang Kohlhaase; Marlen Khutsiev’s It Was In May (Byl Mesyats May) starring Pyotr Todorovskiy; Louis Malle's The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet) based on the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle with Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau and Alexandra Stewart; Joseph Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart; Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terribles, adapted from Jean Cocteau’s novel with Nicole Stéphane and Édouard Dermit; and Fritz Lang's Spies (Spione) featuring Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Gerda Maurus, are the six films selected by Volker Schlöndorff as Guest Director of the 43rd Telluride Film Festival.
Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point was one of Alexander Payne's picks in 2009 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexander Payne,...
Konrad Wolf’s I Was Nineteen (Ich War Neunzehn) co-written with Wolfgang Kohlhaase; Marlen Khutsiev’s It Was In May (Byl Mesyats May) starring Pyotr Todorovskiy; Louis Malle's The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet) based on the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle with Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau and Alexandra Stewart; Joseph Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart; Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terribles, adapted from Jean Cocteau’s novel with Nicole Stéphane and Édouard Dermit; and Fritz Lang's Spies (Spione) featuring Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Gerda Maurus, are the six films selected by Volker Schlöndorff as Guest Director of the 43rd Telluride Film Festival.
Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point was one of Alexander Payne's picks in 2009 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexander Payne,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kenneth Lonergan’s Sundance hit, Denis Villeneuve’s Venice selection, and Pablo Larrain’s acclaimed Chilean biopic are among select titles heading to Colorado this weekend.
The 43rd edition of the Telluride Film Festival includes Clint Eastwood’s Tom Hanks starrer Sully, Barry Jenkins’ anticipated triptych Moonlight and Maren Ade’s Cannes triumph Toni Erdmann.
Joining them are Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, Gianfranco Rosi’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Fire At Sea, Damien Chazelle’s Venice opener La La Land and also from the Lido, Rama Burshtein’s Through The Wall.
Telluride runs from September 2-5. The main slate line-up appears below.
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, Us, 2016)The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (Errol Morris, Us 2016)Bleed For This (Ben Younger, Us, 2016)California Typewriter (Doug Nichol, Us, 2016)Chasing Trane (John Scheinfeld, Us, 2016)The End Of Eden (Angus Macqueen, UK, 2016)Finding Oscar (Ryan Suffern, Us, 2016)Fire At Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France, 2016)Frantz ([link...
The 43rd edition of the Telluride Film Festival includes Clint Eastwood’s Tom Hanks starrer Sully, Barry Jenkins’ anticipated triptych Moonlight and Maren Ade’s Cannes triumph Toni Erdmann.
Joining them are Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, Gianfranco Rosi’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Fire At Sea, Damien Chazelle’s Venice opener La La Land and also from the Lido, Rama Burshtein’s Through The Wall.
Telluride runs from September 2-5. The main slate line-up appears below.
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, Us, 2016)The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (Errol Morris, Us 2016)Bleed For This (Ben Younger, Us, 2016)California Typewriter (Doug Nichol, Us, 2016)Chasing Trane (John Scheinfeld, Us, 2016)The End Of Eden (Angus Macqueen, UK, 2016)Finding Oscar (Ryan Suffern, Us, 2016)Fire At Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France, 2016)Frantz ([link...
- 9/1/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Buoyed by its worldwide premiere at the ongoing Venice Film Festival – early reviews are praising the musical as an audacious, deeply romantic feature – Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash follow-up La La Land has booked its place at Telluride 2016.
The picture, one that stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in central roles, is one of the many soon-to-be-released features to be locked in for the imminent film festival, joining the ranks alongside Manchester By the Sea, Moonlight, Things to Come, Bleed For This and Clint Eastwood’s airborne thriller Sully. It is, without question, a fairly stacked lineup, which only has us all the more excited for the onset of the Toronto International Film Festival later this month.
But over the coming weekend, it is Telluride that will take center stage. Similar to La La Land, today’s unveiling confirms a second festival appearance for Denis Villeneuve’s intriguing sci-fi pic Arrival.
The picture, one that stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in central roles, is one of the many soon-to-be-released features to be locked in for the imminent film festival, joining the ranks alongside Manchester By the Sea, Moonlight, Things to Come, Bleed For This and Clint Eastwood’s airborne thriller Sully. It is, without question, a fairly stacked lineup, which only has us all the more excited for the onset of the Toronto International Film Festival later this month.
But over the coming weekend, it is Telluride that will take center stage. Similar to La La Land, today’s unveiling confirms a second festival appearance for Denis Villeneuve’s intriguing sci-fi pic Arrival.
- 9/1/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
One of the last question marks of the early fall film festival onslaught was Telluride Film Festival, who announces their line-up just a day before the event kicks off. Today now brings the slate for the 43rd edition of the festival, which runs from Friday through Monday.
Featuring the world premiere of Clint Eastwood‘s Sully, there’s also the Venice favorites La La Land and Arrival, as well as past festival highlights and some highly-anticipated dramas headed to Tiff, including Manchester By the Sea, Moonlight, Things to Come, Bleed For This, Toni Erdmann, Una, Neruda, and more. Check out the line-up below, along with links to our reviews where available.
Line-Up
Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve, U.S., 2016)
The B-side: Elsa Dorfman’S Portrait Photography (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2016)
Bleed For This (d. Ben Younger, U.S., 2016)
California Typewriter (d. Doug Nichol, U.S., 2016)
Chasing Trane (d. John Scheinfeld,...
Featuring the world premiere of Clint Eastwood‘s Sully, there’s also the Venice favorites La La Land and Arrival, as well as past festival highlights and some highly-anticipated dramas headed to Tiff, including Manchester By the Sea, Moonlight, Things to Come, Bleed For This, Toni Erdmann, Una, Neruda, and more. Check out the line-up below, along with links to our reviews where available.
Line-Up
Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve, U.S., 2016)
The B-side: Elsa Dorfman’S Portrait Photography (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2016)
Bleed For This (d. Ben Younger, U.S., 2016)
California Typewriter (d. Doug Nichol, U.S., 2016)
Chasing Trane (d. John Scheinfeld,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Telluride Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 2016 edition, which begins Friday. As usual, the exclusive Labor Day weekend gathering of industry insiders and midwestern movie buffs will offer a sneak peak at highly anticipated fall films, including several awards season hopefuls, alongside several favorites from the festival circuit, smaller discoveries and classic films.
Damien Chazelle’s vibrant ode to musicals of the past, “La La Land,” will head to Telluride fresh from the Lionsgate release’s successful opening night slot at the Venice Film Festival, while another Venice premiere, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi “Arrival,” comes to Telluride courtesy of Paramount alongside a special tribute to star Amy Adams. Another tributee, Casey Affleck, will be in town with Sundance hit “Manchester By the Sea,” which Amazon famously acquired at the Park City gathering for a hefty price tag.
Read More: ‘Manchester By The Sea’ Trailer: Discover Why Kenneth Lonergan...
Damien Chazelle’s vibrant ode to musicals of the past, “La La Land,” will head to Telluride fresh from the Lionsgate release’s successful opening night slot at the Venice Film Festival, while another Venice premiere, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi “Arrival,” comes to Telluride courtesy of Paramount alongside a special tribute to star Amy Adams. Another tributee, Casey Affleck, will be in town with Sundance hit “Manchester By the Sea,” which Amazon famously acquired at the Park City gathering for a hefty price tag.
Read More: ‘Manchester By The Sea’ Trailer: Discover Why Kenneth Lonergan...
- 9/1/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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Sarah Wayne Callies chats to us about The Other Side Of The Door and The Walking Dead...
When I first spoke to Sarah Wayne Callies in 2014 for the release of the joyous disaster movie delights of Into The Storm, it took a while to adjust to the completely different persona she exudes in real life, compared to the often quiet and maternal characters she’s played over the years. Filled with a blunt and refreshing honesty, she’ll happily share experiences – good and bad, while punctuating the air with an occasional swear word, making her an incredibly easy person to talk to.
We caught up with her, complete with cold, to discuss her latest role in The Other Side Of The Door, a horror movie that is as much a tragic family drama, as it is a grisly ghost story. Directed by Brit Johannes Roberts, the story...
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Sarah Wayne Callies chats to us about The Other Side Of The Door and The Walking Dead...
When I first spoke to Sarah Wayne Callies in 2014 for the release of the joyous disaster movie delights of Into The Storm, it took a while to adjust to the completely different persona she exudes in real life, compared to the often quiet and maternal characters she’s played over the years. Filled with a blunt and refreshing honesty, she’ll happily share experiences – good and bad, while punctuating the air with an occasional swear word, making her an incredibly easy person to talk to.
We caught up with her, complete with cold, to discuss her latest role in The Other Side Of The Door, a horror movie that is as much a tragic family drama, as it is a grisly ghost story. Directed by Brit Johannes Roberts, the story...
- 3/5/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
He just wasn't meant for her. Jewel and rodeo star Ty Murray have split after nearly six years of marriage. The singer announced the news via her official blog on Wednesday, July 2. "Dear World. It is infinitely strange to write those words, especially considering the personal nature of the topic, which is the purpose of my writing today. But the truth is I have lived my life in the public eye since I was nineteen. And while it is intimidating to live a life in the public, [...]...
- 7/2/2014
- Us Weekly
Following a six year break from the director’s chair, Marion Vernoux returns with the optimistically titled Bright Days Ahead, starring icon of French cinema Fanny Ardant. Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the pleasure to speak with both Vernoux and Ardant, who shared with us their thoughts on their careers, their creative approach and the need for real encounters and a belief in the present.
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Following a six year break from the director’s chair, Marion Vernoux returns with the optimistically titled Bright Days Ahead, starring icon of French cinema Fanny Ardant. Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the pleasure to speak with both Vernoux and Ardant, who shared with us their thoughts on their careers, their creative approach and the need for real encounters and a belief in the present.
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
Why your respective careers? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Marion Vernoux: I started when I was young. I wrote my first script when I was nineteen years old, and shot my first film when I was twenty four, although it wasn’t a project of a mature reflection. But that is only slightly true, because from the age of four I wanted to make films, and so I did wait fourteen years.
Fanny Ardant: There is always the mystery of...
- 6/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Be prepared to be mind blown.
Last weekend, director Luc Besson wowed the audience at WonderCon with his special effects filled science-fiction action movie “Lucy.”
The movie starring Scarlett Johansson in the title role as a young woman kidnapped to be used as a drug mule. However, she accidentally ingested strange pharmaceutical drugs that granted her powers beyond imagination with using her mind.
After his presentation in Anaheim, he sat down with a group of journalists in discussion about the film “Lucy.” He revealed about the science behind the brain, special shots in the film and trying to keep his creativity throughout his career.
“Lucy” will be in theaters on August 8.
Read the full transcript below.
Question: Tell us about the car chase sequences with the different angles in the movie. These are new for audiences to see. Talk about on how you shot those sequences and the challenges with them.
Last weekend, director Luc Besson wowed the audience at WonderCon with his special effects filled science-fiction action movie “Lucy.”
The movie starring Scarlett Johansson in the title role as a young woman kidnapped to be used as a drug mule. However, she accidentally ingested strange pharmaceutical drugs that granted her powers beyond imagination with using her mind.
After his presentation in Anaheim, he sat down with a group of journalists in discussion about the film “Lucy.” He revealed about the science behind the brain, special shots in the film and trying to keep his creativity throughout his career.
“Lucy” will be in theaters on August 8.
Read the full transcript below.
Question: Tell us about the car chase sequences with the different angles in the movie. These are new for audiences to see. Talk about on how you shot those sequences and the challenges with them.
- 4/26/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers, actors and/or actresses? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read this months’ pick), we asked Trieste Kelly Dunn the incredibly arduous task of identifying her top ten favorite films of all time (she picked ten and added television series). Dunn recently appeared in the SXSW preemed Loves Her Gun by helmer Geoff Marslett out this Friday [01.10] in New York City for a one week run and currently stars on television’s Banshee. Here is Trieste Kelly Dunn’s Top Ten Films of All Time List.
A Streetcar Named Desire – Elia Kazan (1951)
“Tennessee Williams, Brando, Kazan, what is not to love. It’s like watching exotic animals.”
Adaptation – Spike Jonze (2002)
“It’s so original and hilarious and true. When I saw it in the theatre people around me probably thought I was on drugs.
A Streetcar Named Desire – Elia Kazan (1951)
“Tennessee Williams, Brando, Kazan, what is not to love. It’s like watching exotic animals.”
Adaptation – Spike Jonze (2002)
“It’s so original and hilarious and true. When I saw it in the theatre people around me probably thought I was on drugs.
- 1/6/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
In town for the UK premiere of his film Motivational Growth (review) at Sheffield's Celluloid Screams festival, self-described "Engine of Delight" Don Thacker gracefully sat down with us for a lengthy chat about the film and his work past, present and future. What's in that head of his?
The Mold knows, Jack. The Mold knows...
Dread Central: What was the motivation behind Motivational Growth?
Don Thacker: Well, the motivation was to make a movie (laughs). No... I'd actually pitched a completely different film called 'Flexure', which is this awesome sci-fi love thriller that I want to make. I'd actually written it, and I spent a couple of years at Fermilab, the National Accelerator laboratories in Illinois and was visiting there a couple of times a week doing research. I have some guys over there who want to be consultants on the picture. It's a story about a guy who...
The Mold knows, Jack. The Mold knows...
Dread Central: What was the motivation behind Motivational Growth?
Don Thacker: Well, the motivation was to make a movie (laughs). No... I'd actually pitched a completely different film called 'Flexure', which is this awesome sci-fi love thriller that I want to make. I'd actually written it, and I spent a couple of years at Fermilab, the National Accelerator laboratories in Illinois and was visiting there a couple of times a week doing research. I have some guys over there who want to be consultants on the picture. It's a story about a guy who...
- 11/6/2013
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
In my apparent continuing quest to interview all the great voice actors living today (because they are the most fun, okay?), I now bring you my interview with the talented and Emmy-winning Maurice Lamarche, a.k.a. The Brain, Squit, Kif Kroker, Morbo, Lrrr, several Futurama robots, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dizzy Devil, Yosemite Sam, Mr. Freeze, Victor von Doom, General Var Suthra, Mortimer Mouse, Chief Quimby, and more.
It was a real pleasure to speak with Maurice, who I’ve been listening to in various guises since I was a wee thing (I was a big Inspector Gadget fan as a child; and then with Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Futurama being amongst my other favorite shows through the years, I guess I’ve pretty much been listening to Maurice all my life!). It was also great to see him do many of his excellent voices and impressions both during the interview,...
It was a real pleasure to speak with Maurice, who I’ve been listening to in various guises since I was a wee thing (I was a big Inspector Gadget fan as a child; and then with Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Futurama being amongst my other favorite shows through the years, I guess I’ve pretty much been listening to Maurice all my life!). It was also great to see him do many of his excellent voices and impressions both during the interview,...
- 10/29/2013
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Teeth" Tweetable logline: Daisy's teeth won't stop growing. But that's the least of her problems. Elevator Pitch: Daisy Brown is a 13 year old girl who has a strange medical condition: her teeth won’t stop growing. Mortified by her illness, she has the dentist file her teeth down to maintain a normal appearance. But despite her best efforts, the word gets out. The school bully is thrilled with this juicy morsel of information and uses it to embarrass Daisy in the most painful act of harassment yet. Production Team: Director/Writer - Jennifer Cox Co-Producer - Alison Week Co-Producer - Sara Golombeck About the Production: "My teeth are not straight.
- 6/27/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Mma is now The fastest growing sport worldwide with specialist ‘fight clubs’ springing up all over. As an indication of the sport’s enduring appeal, people are happy to take up the full contact sport just for fitness alone these days, with pounding the treadmill at your local gym becoming less appealing, especially to the younger generation.
Of course for the truly gifted and most dedicated of athletes the path of an Mma fighter can lead to the pinnacle of combat sports and the bright lights of the the Ufc.
I have been lucky enough to interview one such star - the best light-heavyweight Mma fighter across Europe in Richie ‘The Guvnor’ Knox. The 6’2″ twenty-eight year old fighter from Newcastle upon Tyne, England is the current MADE4THECAGE European light-heavyweight Champion along with being the 10th Legion light-heavyweight Champ.
The Brazilian Jui-Jitsu brown belt is coached by the legendary Pete Irving,...
Of course for the truly gifted and most dedicated of athletes the path of an Mma fighter can lead to the pinnacle of combat sports and the bright lights of the the Ufc.
I have been lucky enough to interview one such star - the best light-heavyweight Mma fighter across Europe in Richie ‘The Guvnor’ Knox. The 6’2″ twenty-eight year old fighter from Newcastle upon Tyne, England is the current MADE4THECAGE European light-heavyweight Champion along with being the 10th Legion light-heavyweight Champ.
The Brazilian Jui-Jitsu brown belt is coached by the legendary Pete Irving,...
- 5/19/2013
- by Ray McCartney
- Obsessed with Film
Above: Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi, Italy, 1962)
About a month ago I came across a stunning piece of decorative art masquerading as a 1960s East German poster for the 1940 Thief of Bagdad (see below) which soon became one of the most popular posters on my daily Tumblr. I’d seen the artist’s signature “Gottsmann” before on a poster for Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood and so I dug a little deeper and came up with a small treasure trove of little-known posters.
I discovered that the artist, Werner Gottsmann, died nine years ago at the age of 79. He was born in 1924 in the Ore Mountains on the border of Czechoslovakia, which, after WWII, became part of the German Democratic Republic or East Germany. After the war (during which he was a P.O.W.) he studied painting at the Robert-Schumann-Akademie Zwickau, and graphic design at the Meisterschule für Grafik Berlin...
About a month ago I came across a stunning piece of decorative art masquerading as a 1960s East German poster for the 1940 Thief of Bagdad (see below) which soon became one of the most popular posters on my daily Tumblr. I’d seen the artist’s signature “Gottsmann” before on a poster for Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood and so I dug a little deeper and came up with a small treasure trove of little-known posters.
I discovered that the artist, Werner Gottsmann, died nine years ago at the age of 79. He was born in 1924 in the Ore Mountains on the border of Czechoslovakia, which, after WWII, became part of the German Democratic Republic or East Germany. After the war (during which he was a P.O.W.) he studied painting at the Robert-Schumann-Akademie Zwickau, and graphic design at the Meisterschule für Grafik Berlin...
- 3/15/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Mark Frost began his career writing teleplays for The Six Million Dollar Man in the mid-70's. But his climb to prominence actually happened with the 29 episodes of Hill Street Blues that he penned. From that springboard he teamed up with David Lynch and co-created one of the most iconoclastic series of the 1990s - Twin Peaks. It only ran two seasons but its approach to story-telling changed television forever. Mark sat down with me in Dark Delicacies and talked about Twin Peaks and television in general.
With it being so different from anything else on television how did you know Twin Peaks would work?
What made Twin Peaks work was that we never thought it would work. We never had the slightest expectation that they would ever want it. So we just told the executives going in, because they had called us and said they wanted the show, was...
With it being so different from anything else on television how did you know Twin Peaks would work?
What made Twin Peaks work was that we never thought it would work. We never had the slightest expectation that they would ever want it. So we just told the executives going in, because they had called us and said they wanted the show, was...
- 12/15/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
Lena Dunham's $3 million-plus book deal picked up headlines and scorn in equal measure when it was announced in October (though not everyone thought it was a bad deal for the publisher to make.) What, people asked, could a 26-year-old offer in the way of life advice and anecdotes?
Today, the proposal itself was leaked by Gawker, and the answer is... a series of typically witty, entertaining and self-deprecating tales. She describes herself as a girl "with the beginnings of a Fupa" (look it up), and shares tales about one-night stands, traveling around the world and "psychotic overwrought emails I've sent to guys."
The chapters in the book are listed as Work, Friendship, Body, Sex, Love and Big Picture, featuring subheads including "How to dress for a business meeting and other hard-earned fashion lessons from the size 10 who went to the Met Ball" and why platonic bed-sharing is "a great...
Today, the proposal itself was leaked by Gawker, and the answer is... a series of typically witty, entertaining and self-deprecating tales. She describes herself as a girl "with the beginnings of a Fupa" (look it up), and shares tales about one-night stands, traveling around the world and "psychotic overwrought emails I've sent to guys."
The chapters in the book are listed as Work, Friendship, Body, Sex, Love and Big Picture, featuring subheads including "How to dress for a business meeting and other hard-earned fashion lessons from the size 10 who went to the Met Ball" and why platonic bed-sharing is "a great...
- 12/7/2012
- by Andrew Losowsky
- Aol TV.
It was interesting to me just how much the affable Mark Frost and I have in common. Well-known as a writer for the television series Hill Street Blues he is probably best known as the co-creator of Twin Peaks with David Lynch. I am not. But we were born the same year, both love tales of the fantastic and on this particular afternoon we found ourselves together in the Dark Delicacies bookstore conducting an interview. That's actually as close as I'll get to similarities.
His newest novel, The Paladin Prophecy, is book one in a dark fantasy trilogy for young adults. It's big. The New York Times Book Review stated that "Frost's consummate skill with suspense means reluctant readers should have no trouble breezing through its 547 pages." The film rights have been sold and a movie should not be long behind.
Why a trilogy?
If there is popular demand we'll keep going.
His newest novel, The Paladin Prophecy, is book one in a dark fantasy trilogy for young adults. It's big. The New York Times Book Review stated that "Frost's consummate skill with suspense means reluctant readers should have no trouble breezing through its 547 pages." The film rights have been sold and a movie should not be long behind.
Why a trilogy?
If there is popular demand we'll keep going.
- 11/26/2012
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
The UK opening of Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet on Friday 16th November marks another milestone in the difficult journey debut feature director Jesse Vile undertook to fulfill a promise to his 15-year-old self. That one day he would make a film about Jason Becker – the greatest shred guitarist in the world!
Over the years, several filmmakers have approached the Becker family with plans to tell the guitar virtuoso’s story. All of their plans fell through. Meanwhile, that 15-year-old kid grew up, trained in film production and relocated to the UK. In his time here, Jesse produced the Raindance Film Festival for three successful years and made a handful of film shorts. But he never forgot about Jason.
Combining extraordinary family access, great archive footage and unobtrusive, earnest, interest in his subject matter, Jesse Vile has made a truly remarkable film. We sat down with him earlier this month...
Over the years, several filmmakers have approached the Becker family with plans to tell the guitar virtuoso’s story. All of their plans fell through. Meanwhile, that 15-year-old kid grew up, trained in film production and relocated to the UK. In his time here, Jesse produced the Raindance Film Festival for three successful years and made a handful of film shorts. But he never forgot about Jason.
Combining extraordinary family access, great archive footage and unobtrusive, earnest, interest in his subject matter, Jesse Vile has made a truly remarkable film. We sat down with him earlier this month...
- 11/16/2012
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In the indie comedy Smashed from co-writer/director James Ponsoldt, Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Kate, an elementary school teacher who hits rock bottom with her love of alcohol, which is supported by her husband Charlie (Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad”). In a decision that tests the cohesion of the marriage, Kate decides to give Alcoholics Anonymous a try (where a character played by Octavia Spencer of The Help becomes her sponsor). Nick Offerman plays a co-worker of Kate’s with his own history of substance abuse.
Lead actress Winstead has become increasingly visible in Hollywood, with roles like Bruce Willis’ on-screen daughter in Live Free or Die Hard (and the upcoming A Good Day to Die Hard), Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and even a lead part in last fall’s The Thing.
Director James Ponsoldt, who co-wrote the film with Susan Burke, also directed the film...
Lead actress Winstead has become increasingly visible in Hollywood, with roles like Bruce Willis’ on-screen daughter in Live Free or Die Hard (and the upcoming A Good Day to Die Hard), Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and even a lead part in last fall’s The Thing.
Director James Ponsoldt, who co-wrote the film with Susan Burke, also directed the film...
- 10/19/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
In honor of the release of Christopher Golden's Joe Golem and the Drowning City in limited edition hardcover on October 3 and Baltimore: The Play, his collaboration with Mike Mignola, on November 21, Dark Horse editor Scott Allie interviewed the award-winning author for us.
Topics covered in the interview include Golden's interpretation of the term "dark fantasy," his upcoming project with True Blood author Charlaine Harris, vampires in our current culture, his influences, the scariest thing he's written, and Lots more. Check it out below, and look for more guest blogs from Scott Allie over the coming weeks.
Scott Allie: Can you explain “dark fantasy” to me?
Christopher Golden: The easy approach would be to say it's a merger of horror and fantasy, but that's not always true. For me, dark fantasy is fantasy in which nasty things happen. For people who've read my original novels, dark fantasy would be easy to recognize.
Topics covered in the interview include Golden's interpretation of the term "dark fantasy," his upcoming project with True Blood author Charlaine Harris, vampires in our current culture, his influences, the scariest thing he's written, and Lots more. Check it out below, and look for more guest blogs from Scott Allie over the coming weeks.
Scott Allie: Can you explain “dark fantasy” to me?
Christopher Golden: The easy approach would be to say it's a merger of horror and fantasy, but that's not always true. For me, dark fantasy is fantasy in which nasty things happen. For people who've read my original novels, dark fantasy would be easy to recognize.
- 10/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The most vibrant and colorful film in Venice last year was, troublingly, Michael Glawogger's three part documentary on prostitution, Whores' Glory, which is getting its Us premiere this week at the Museum of the Moving Image's retrospective on the director. The film is beautiful—diverse geographic, national, cultural and social spaces filmed with attention to costuming and colors more befitting a fictional production (cf. Bonello's opulent House of Tolerance, Hou's Flowers of Shanghai). Yet its beauty is one based solely on the liveliness required of its subject trade, the need for appearances and the bustle implicit in selling sex.
Each section takes a different location, a difference space, a different kind of prostitution, a different religion of the prostitutes. After a stunning laser-show prelude, where women in a glass booth floating above a street tag in green ray beams potential clients down below, the first segment begins, taking place a similar glass booth,...
Each section takes a different location, a difference space, a different kind of prostitution, a different religion of the prostitutes. After a stunning laser-show prelude, where women in a glass booth floating above a street tag in green ray beams potential clients down below, the first segment begins, taking place a similar glass booth,...
- 4/16/2012
- MUBI
Spiegel Online and the Süddeutsche Zeitung are reporting that character actor Jürgen Hentsch has died at the age of 75. Having made a name for himself at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Hentsch made his onscreen debut in the East German television production of Herrmann Zschoche's Carla (1965) and appeared in Konrad Wolf's classic antiwar film I Was Nineteen (1968).
Hentsch will probably be best remembered for his portrayal of Ernst Schultze, the psychiatrist who attempts to determine the psychological stability of the infamous serial killer who terrified Germany in the 1920s, Fritz Haarmann (Götz George) in Romuald Karmakar's The Deathmaker (1995). Hentsch also impressed German television viewers with his performances as the Social Democratic Party Chairman Herbert Wehner in Oliver Storz's Im Schatten der Macht and as Heinrich Mann in Heinrich Breloer's mini-series The Manns (2001).
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Hentsch will probably be best remembered for his portrayal of Ernst Schultze, the psychiatrist who attempts to determine the psychological stability of the infamous serial killer who terrified Germany in the 1920s, Fritz Haarmann (Götz George) in Romuald Karmakar's The Deathmaker (1995). Hentsch also impressed German television viewers with his performances as the Social Democratic Party Chairman Herbert Wehner in Oliver Storz's Im Schatten der Macht and as Heinrich Mann in Heinrich Breloer's mini-series The Manns (2001).
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- 12/21/2011
- MUBI
The always beautiful Charlize Theron proves once again that she's got it during an interview with Vogue magazine.
The Oscar winner talks with the fashion magazine about a variety of things in advance of her upcoming films "Young Adult" and next year's "Snow White and the Huntsman." The hot topics for Theron include what it was like winning an Oscar for "Monster," her recent break up, plans for a family and working with Kristen Stewart.
Here are a few highlights:
On winning an Oscar: "It was life-changing. It opened a lot of doors. But it made people have a lot of opinions about what should happen next. You realize quickly that you can never please everybody."
On being single: "This is the first time in my life. From the time I was nineteen, I've been in relationships, literally gone from one to the other within a month. It's been good for me.
The Oscar winner talks with the fashion magazine about a variety of things in advance of her upcoming films "Young Adult" and next year's "Snow White and the Huntsman." The hot topics for Theron include what it was like winning an Oscar for "Monster," her recent break up, plans for a family and working with Kristen Stewart.
Here are a few highlights:
On winning an Oscar: "It was life-changing. It opened a lot of doors. But it made people have a lot of opinions about what should happen next. You realize quickly that you can never please everybody."
On being single: "This is the first time in my life. From the time I was nineteen, I've been in relationships, literally gone from one to the other within a month. It's been good for me.
- 11/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Sooo back to Claridge’s again. Or so I thought… I turned up, checked in, grabbed a pastry and some probably pretty expensive still water and took my seat. We got the call, tooled up and followed the PR lady out of the room. And down the stairs. And out the front door. And ‘round the back. Was she going to give us all a good kicking and nick our notebooks? Thankfully, no. Hidden behind Claridge’s, and taking up three and a bit parking spaces, was a massive Rv – just like the one, actually probably bigger than the one in the movie.
Excited to see the boys, I scrambled up the stairs to find Simon Pegg in the driving seat and Nick Frost on a little sofa-y thing behind him. I shook their hands and let them know how cool I thought it was to meet them. Pegg told...
Excited to see the boys, I scrambled up the stairs to find Simon Pegg in the driving seat and Nick Frost on a little sofa-y thing behind him. I shook their hands and let them know how cool I thought it was to meet them. Pegg told...
- 2/9/2011
- by Alan Simmons
- FilmShaft.com
After almost a full fourteen minutes of not hearing from James Franco, we were beginning to speculate. "Could this be it?" we asked ourselves. "Is our long national nightmare over?" Then, on the fifteenth minute, a flurry of Franco news flew our way — and it was sexy news, no less! Whew. So let's start with some remarks that give us hints as to how Franco feels about sex tapes and porn: I think if anybody who has made a home sex tape knows, what feels best doesn’t always look best [laughter]. I remember when I was nineteen doing that, and then watching it back and thinking, oh, that looks horrible. So what Nicole [Kidman] is talking about, yeah, you have a lot of respect for those actors in pornography, because they are really not just doing it, they&[...]...
- 1/25/2011
- Nerve
Grim Prairie Tales: Doreen Girard and Irene Bindi Talk about The Kult Mania of Their Expanded Cinema Performance Winter Night
– Interview by Kier-La Janisse –
On Sunday December 12th, Austin will be host to a unique cinematic experience dreamt up by a handful of multidisciplinary lo-fi artists from the weirdest and coldest English-speaking place on earth: Winnipeg, Canada. Winter Night is a program that utilizes live music, live manipulation of 16mm and slide projectors, and Winnipeg’s rich history of Diy crafts, Aboriginal magic, heavy metal, and random violent outbursts to create an anthology of stories sure to make your spine tingle.
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Doreen, how did you become interested in slides as your primary visual medium, and what are the advantages or limitations of working with slides?
Doreen: A number of my friends are filmmakers, and I started working with slides as a way of overcoming my own technical shortcomings in terms of making film.
– Interview by Kier-La Janisse –
On Sunday December 12th, Austin will be host to a unique cinematic experience dreamt up by a handful of multidisciplinary lo-fi artists from the weirdest and coldest English-speaking place on earth: Winnipeg, Canada. Winter Night is a program that utilizes live music, live manipulation of 16mm and slide projectors, and Winnipeg’s rich history of Diy crafts, Aboriginal magic, heavy metal, and random violent outbursts to create an anthology of stories sure to make your spine tingle.
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Doreen, how did you become interested in slides as your primary visual medium, and what are the advantages or limitations of working with slides?
Doreen: A number of my friends are filmmakers, and I started working with slides as a way of overcoming my own technical shortcomings in terms of making film.
- 12/9/2010
- by Zack Carlson
- OriginalAlamo.com
By Dave Worrall
My first introduction to Hammer wasn’t seeing of one of their films (I wasn’t old enough), but looking at the wonderful posters that adorned the hoardings close to my home. The eye-catching posters – all painted by wonderfully skilled artists – with images of scantily-clad women and vampires and such-like monsters bursting forth were enough to both terrorize and tantalize the public. And that is exactly what they did. Audiences in their millions flocked to see these films during the Sixties and early Seventies, and it was the publicity material that was responsible in creating this horror phenomenon. The British quad poster for Hammer’s One Million Years B.C. is now an iconic image of the Sixties, and probably the most well-known film poster of all-time. It made millions for the studio and Raquel Welch became an overnight star. Hammer were the pioneers of film promotion -...
My first introduction to Hammer wasn’t seeing of one of their films (I wasn’t old enough), but looking at the wonderful posters that adorned the hoardings close to my home. The eye-catching posters – all painted by wonderfully skilled artists – with images of scantily-clad women and vampires and such-like monsters bursting forth were enough to both terrorize and tantalize the public. And that is exactly what they did. Audiences in their millions flocked to see these films during the Sixties and early Seventies, and it was the publicity material that was responsible in creating this horror phenomenon. The British quad poster for Hammer’s One Million Years B.C. is now an iconic image of the Sixties, and probably the most well-known film poster of all-time. It made millions for the studio and Raquel Welch became an overnight star. Hammer were the pioneers of film promotion -...
- 11/12/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
In last night's episode of "The Vampire Diaries," we said goodbye to one of my favorite new characters, Mason Lockwood (Taylor Kinney). After seeing Mason literally get his heart ripped out, I was eager to talk to Kinney and take a look back at his time in Mystic Falls.
We chatted about everything from Mason's trust issues with Katherine to Kinney's tattoos... and he filled me in on one of his favorite childhood games. Let's just say that Kinney has always had the wild imagination that makes him so fun to watch on screen.
Zap2it: Even though Mason was on Katherine's (Nina Dobrev) side, he maintained a bit of sympathy right down to the bitter end. Would you classify him as a good guy or a bad guy?
Taylor Kinney: Especially on this show, the lines are so blurry. There's no definitive line between who's good and who's...
We chatted about everything from Mason's trust issues with Katherine to Kinney's tattoos... and he filled me in on one of his favorite childhood games. Let's just say that Kinney has always had the wild imagination that makes him so fun to watch on screen.
Zap2it: Even though Mason was on Katherine's (Nina Dobrev) side, he maintained a bit of sympathy right down to the bitter end. Would you classify him as a good guy or a bad guy?
Taylor Kinney: Especially on this show, the lines are so blurry. There's no definitive line between who's good and who's...
- 10/23/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Many genre fans today know the name William Castle, but not so many are aware of his full and lasting impact on it. Back in the late Fifties and on through the Sixties, his was a name that was synonymous with horror films. Further, his name was – and remains – one that defines the term “spectacle” in modern film history. Castle was a man who never forgot that “show” is the first word in “show business.” He knew, instinctively, that if you gave the movie-going audience a decent show, the business part would take care of itself. Give the audience their money’s worth and they would love you forever.
And so, in 1955, after an already successful career in film, he noticed lines that wound around the block for a small French film called Diabolique and he leapt into horror filmmaking with both feet. Since he knew he couldn’t compete...
And so, in 1955, after an already successful career in film, he noticed lines that wound around the block for a small French film called Diabolique and he leapt into horror filmmaking with both feet. Since he knew he couldn’t compete...
- 8/31/2010
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Chicago – The reunited cast of ‘Back to the Future’ included one of the key members of that 1985 classic. Christopher Lloyd, unforgettable as Doc Brown, took questions from fans in an appearance recently at the Hollywood Palms in Naperville, Il.
Christopher Lloyd has had a long and fruitful career in both TV and the movies. Breaking out as the befuddled Rev. Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom “Taxi,” Lloyd then made his mark in films such as the Back to the Future series, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “The Addams Family.”
Holding on for the Ride: The Fabulous Christopher Lloyd Remembers ‘Back to the Future’
Photo Credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago sat down with Lloyd before his recent appearance celebrating the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future. He talked about his connection with the character of Doc Brown, his other notable film roles and his early...
Christopher Lloyd has had a long and fruitful career in both TV and the movies. Breaking out as the befuddled Rev. Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom “Taxi,” Lloyd then made his mark in films such as the Back to the Future series, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “The Addams Family.”
Holding on for the Ride: The Fabulous Christopher Lloyd Remembers ‘Back to the Future’
Photo Credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago sat down with Lloyd before his recent appearance celebrating the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future. He talked about his connection with the character of Doc Brown, his other notable film roles and his early...
- 3/2/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When Jason Reitman was writing the screenplay for Up In The Air he would live life the same as his main character, played by George Clooney, a man who is constantly on the move, passing through one of America’s airports almost every single day of the year.
Reitman would check into an anonymous airport hotel, fire up his laptop and pound away at the keyboard, safe in the knowledge that distractions were kept to a minimum and confident that his surroundings, however bland, would feed into his story.
And whilst it wasn’t exactly the most enjoyable part of making Up In The Air – that came later directing Clooney and the rest of his cast - it was productive and completely appropriate to the poignant tale of a man who is constantly on the move and has lost touch with the important things in life.
“I wish I had a better system,...
Reitman would check into an anonymous airport hotel, fire up his laptop and pound away at the keyboard, safe in the knowledge that distractions were kept to a minimum and confident that his surroundings, however bland, would feed into his story.
And whilst it wasn’t exactly the most enjoyable part of making Up In The Air – that came later directing Clooney and the rest of his cast - it was productive and completely appropriate to the poignant tale of a man who is constantly on the move and has lost touch with the important things in life.
“I wish I had a better system,...
- 2/25/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, and Francois Pienaar held a press conference for their new film "Invictus." The title Invictus comes from a poem written by poet William Ernest Henley in 1875. It was this poem which inspired Nelson Mandela to have hope for a wounded nation while imprisoned on Robben Island. The film centers around the newly elected Mandela, a racially and economically split nation, and Mandela's struggle in uniting his people through sport during the 1995 World Cup of rugby. In this press conference Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, and Francois Pienaar (the actual Rugby star which the film is based on), talk about how they prepared on playing real people, working with director Clint Eastwood, about rugby and on set injuries, on why the story was so important that it had to be told. Francois Pineaar also elaborated on his thoughts on the film, his relationship with Nelson Mandela, and...
- 12/7/2009
- LRMonline.com
Bebe Neuwirth knows fame.
She was already an established (and Tony-winning) stage actress and dancer when she was cast as the hilariously emotionally repressed Dr. Lilith Stern in in the 1980-1990s TV show Cheers. The character was a huge hit with both audiences and critics, eventually landing her two Emmys.
Still, when the producers of Frasier, a Cheers spin-off, approached her to continue the role of Lilith on a regular basis in that show, she declined, choosing instead to go back to Broadway.
Boy, did she go back to Broadway! Her triumphant Tony-winning turn as Velma Kelly is the 1996 revival of Chicago is the stuff of legend.
Since then, Neuwirth worked consistently, mostly on the boards, such as the upcoming Broadway adaptation of The Adams Family, in which she plays Morticia opposite Nathan Lane’s Gomez.
But Neuwirth still acts in television and film as well, as in the new movie Fame,...
She was already an established (and Tony-winning) stage actress and dancer when she was cast as the hilariously emotionally repressed Dr. Lilith Stern in in the 1980-1990s TV show Cheers. The character was a huge hit with both audiences and critics, eventually landing her two Emmys.
Still, when the producers of Frasier, a Cheers spin-off, approached her to continue the role of Lilith on a regular basis in that show, she declined, choosing instead to go back to Broadway.
Boy, did she go back to Broadway! Her triumphant Tony-winning turn as Velma Kelly is the 1996 revival of Chicago is the stuff of legend.
Since then, Neuwirth worked consistently, mostly on the boards, such as the upcoming Broadway adaptation of The Adams Family, in which she plays Morticia opposite Nathan Lane’s Gomez.
But Neuwirth still acts in television and film as well, as in the new movie Fame,...
- 9/24/2009
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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